Can "we" as ski industry patrons and operators--for the love of Ullr--please stop widening trails?Originally Posted by Snowballs
The trails get wider, they get more "vanilla", the require more snowmaking, more grooming, the snow blows off them, more snowmaking damages the trees on the trail edge faster, the trail gets even wider...It's a vicious cycle. I know at Sugarloaf they made Haulback so wide it's ridiculous--and the tree stands separating it from the two adjacent trails get narrower every year.
Haven't been skiing Gore long enough to know where that's a problem, but I wouldn't embrace widening any trails up there just on principle...